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Saturday, 8 December 2018

Team Eclipse CS:GO are now the SA Ladder Champions for Counter-Strike: GO.

Team Eclipse CS:GO, captained by Protea Team Member, Leander van Schalkwyk, are now the SA Ladder Champions for Counter-Strike: GO

The East London based Eclipse Esports' Team Eclipse CS:GO waltzed through all of their opponents at Mind Sports South Africa's 35th SA National Championships held at Fakkel School of Skills on 1 December 2018.Eclipse Esports' Team Eclipse CS:GO has now fulfilled one third of their obligations to qualify for selection for the 2019 National Squad, been awarded National Federation Colours, and are now the South African Counter-Strike: GO Ladder Champions.

In terms of the amendments enacted at MSSA's Annual General Meeting, any team that is ranked in the top ten, qualify for National Team Selection. It is therefore vital for teams to actively participate in the Ladder.

The Ladder works on a system of challenges throughout the year in order to give clubs the opportunity to improve their teams/players' playing skills outside of the normal MSSA championships. The Ladder allows teams/players' to experiment with new tactics, combinations, etc.

Teams through Member Clubs may challenge any club on the ladder. Any club so challenged has 5 days within which to respond and play the match. Such rule allows the ladder to retain its dynamic nature and stops the challenged club from delaying unnecessarily.However, any team challenged during any official MSSA event while both teams are participating in such event, and are paired by the umpire to play against each other, must play such challenge. This means that any or all games in a MSSA Regional, Provincial, and/or National Championship may count as ladder games.

The full rules for the ladder may be found here: Important changes to MSSA's Inter-Club Ladder rules.The ladder for the Counter-Strike: GO esports title for 2019 is as follows: